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    "id": 189455,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mututho",
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        "legal_name": "John Michael Njenga Mututho",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I beg your indulgence. You looked at me with macho kali and I thought I should retract. This Ministry of Nairobi Metropolitan Development is so important because I have personally been privileged to go overseas to 61 countries over the last five years for business and usually taking some time off. I thought that this is one of the most important things I should contribute on before the close of business. With regard to under funding, many people have talked about that before the hon. Minister stands to respond. The amount of money we are going to use for the rehabilitation of Nairobi River is Kshs16 billion. The amount of money being voted here is less than Kshs2 billion or thereabouts. That in itself beats any rational thinking, that we are going to have a sub-project that will be more costly than the amount of money voted for the Ministry itself. 1916 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 16, 2008 I would like to propose to the Minister that the amount of money that you have is very little. It is only adequate for quality consultancy. I do not agree with the hon. Member who talked before me about consultancy in terms of rail transport. If you do not do things right from day one, then nothing works. Things must be done perfectly! We have to use the latest system in rail transport. We have to borrow experiences from New York, we have to learn how to keep our City hygienic from Singapore, and learn how to manage our water ways from Holland. It is costly! It is going to cost billions of shillings to, perhaps, do a quality study.Studies should include financing and we should take the Dubai model, in which, before the Kenyans get jittery, any investor coming in is allowed to have an equity share of only 49 per cent, while 51 per cent is for the local people. This will ensure that all the local"
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